Sugar! What is it really called?

October

4

Sugar. It’s in so many things! There are many different foods that have sugar in them or added to them, and some we may not even realize – even if we check the labels. Sugar has so many different names, you may not even be aware of how much sugar you are eating.

Dr. Robert Lustig, a pediatric endocrinologist, has compiled dozens of these aliases in his recent e-book, Sugar Has 56 Names.

Limiting sugar consumption is one of the best things you can do for your overall health, and in particular, your oral health. Eating and drinking too much sugar can increase the chance of tooth loss, and can also create a series of risk factors for heart disease, diabetes and stroke.

Limiting sugar in your diet is no easy feat when we consider how many foods contain sugar, and the lengths that the food industry will go to in order to disguise sugar content. Take a look at our list below of all the names that sugar could fall under:

Sugar:

Agave nectar

Barbados sugar

Barley malt

Beet sugar

Blackstrap molasses

Brown rice syrup

Brown sugar

Buttered syrup

Cane juice crystals

Cane sugar

Caramel

Carob syrup

Castor sugar

Confectioner’s sugar

Corn syrup

Corn syrup solids

Crystalline fructose

Date sugar

Demerara sugar

Dextran

Dextrose

Diastatic malt

Diatase

Ethyl maltol

Evaporated cane juice

Florida crystals

Fructose

Fruit juice

Fruit juice concentrate

Galactose

lucose

Glucose solids

Golden sugar

Golden syrup

Grape sugar

High-fructose corn syrup

Honey

Icing sugar

Invert sugar

Lactose

Malt syrup

Maltose

Maple syrup

Molasses

Muscovado sugar

Organic raw sugar

Panocha

Raw sugar

Refiner’s syrup

Rice syrup

Sorghum syrup

Sucrose

Sugar

Treacle

Turbinado sugar

Yellow sugar

So for the sake of your oral health, try to limit the consumption of any of the above! If you have suffered from tooth loss, book a free consultation with one of our local dental experts!